WASHINGTON, D.C. — A vote could come Tuesday in the U.S. Senate on the confirmation of Betsy DeVos as education secretary and that vote could be 50-50 split just like West Virginia’s U.S. Senators Joe Manchin and Shelley Moore Capito.

Manchin said on Potomac Highlands Today on MetroNews affiliate WKLP DeVos does not understand the public school system because she has...

Justice pursuing a 'different course' in education
By Ryan Quinn, The Charleston Gazette-Mail

When Lloyd Jackson announced his immediate resignation from his vice president spot on the West Virginia Board of Education, he noted it was at former governor Earl Ray Tomblin’s suggestion that the board helped develop “significant policies that are calculated to improve student achievement.”

Jackson wrote in his Tuesday night resignation news release that these...

West Virginia Speaker of the House Tim Armstead said Thursday that the state can’t make “necessary” cuts in the upcoming legislative session if it doesn’t cut funding for education and the state Department of Health and Human Resources.

The Legislature faces a possible half-a-billion-dollar funding gap in next fiscal year’s budget if it doesn’t act to reduce...